Sverdrup
Americannoun
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Otto Neumann 1855?–1930, Norwegian explorer of the Arctic.
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Also called Sverdrup Islands. a group of islands in the N Northwest Territories of Canada, in the Arctic, W of Ellesmere Island: named after Otto Neumann Sverdrup.
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Prices for oil from the Johan Sverdrup field off the coast of Norway have jumped to record premiums over Brent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
“For Norway to have a future,” said Mr. Sverdrup, the director of the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, “we have to be aligned to the future energy system in Europe.”
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023
The war “has changed the political sentiment,” said Ulf Sverdrup, the director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, a research organization.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023
Sverdrup is planning to boost output by 220,000 bpd to a total of 755,000 bpd by the end of this year.
From Reuters • Jun. 28, 2022
The unbrotherly tactics which Mr. Peary had shown to Sverdrup and other explorers were here copied by his representative.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.
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